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03 July 2010 5:29 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
Netherlands striker Robin van Persie has been cleared to play in Tuesday's semi-final against Uruguay after a scan on his elbow showed no serious damage.Van Persie injured his elbow during his side's 2-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup quarter-final on Friday.Defender Joris Mathijsen has also been given the all clear, having suffered a knee injury during the warm-up. Neither scan on Van Persie o

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02 July 2010 1:29 AM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has warned that Friday's World Cup quarter-final against Brazil might not be the feast of football some expect.The last-eight clash in Port Elizabeth brings together two nations famed for a free-flowing, attacking style of play.But Van Marwijk insists the days of the Dutch Total Football against Brazil's traditional samba style are over. It was a long time ago

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01 July 2010 8:09 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaarthas returned to full training and coach Bert van Marwijk says the player is fitfor the World Cup quarterfinal against Brazil.Van der Vaart injured his left calf in training on Sunday, a day before theNetherlands beat Slovakia 2-1 in the round of 16.The Real Madrid midfielder wasforced to miss that match in Durban. Van Mar

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01 July 2010 8:39 AM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Advancing at all costs has been the guidingprinciple behind the progress of Brazil and Netherlands to the World Cupquarterfinals, regardless of tradition or public perception.Now that they're about to meet in a match befitting a final, the discussionhas turned back to style.'We know the Netherlands are a very difficult team to play against,'Brazil coach Dunga said.

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27 June 2010 6:49 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
DURBAN, South Africa - Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk says his playersdon't have to like one another, but they do have to accept and respect theirteammates' qualities.It is a recipe that has brought an unusually calm and cheerful mood to theDutch team at the World Cup and see it advance to the round of 16 with a perfectrecord of three wins. Previous Dutch campaigns have been torpedoed by di

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25 June 2010 7:19 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Netherlands again flew through itsfirst-round group.Now comes the tough part - learning how to win one of thoseall-or-nothing games.The Netherlands beat Cameroon 2-1 to finish top of World Cup Group E with aperfect nine points late Thursday, showing the same ease as in recent groupcampaigns at Euro 2008 and the 2006 World Cup.Those games lifted hopes of their millio

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20 June 2010 5:29 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk said there was more to come from his side as they become the first team to reach the last 16 at the 2010 World Cup.Wesley Sneijder's winner against Japan, coupled with Denmark's win over Cameroon put the Netherlands through. Everyone could see Japan do not have a bad team, said van Marwijk in Durban. And then you have to be very patient. We can do much better,

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14 June 2010 6:59 PM | Tagged: bert van marwijk
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk admitted a lucky goal helped his side to a 2-0 win over Denmark but believes they should have scored more.A freak own goal from defender Daniel Agger set Netherlands on their way in their Group E opener, with forward Dirk Kuyt completing the scoring late on. The players were tense.We wanted to play beautiful football, but we lost the ball too often, said Van